my perentie turbo build

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Originally Posted by asmit

I don't see how it could be much cheaper than my write up at the beginning of this thread.
The only variables are how much stuff you make yourself, how much you buy off the shelf and if you can find used exhaust manifolds or other parts cheaper than new.
No one here can tell you if it's worth putting the OT in at work or putting the OT in your afternoons fitting everything together! :-)

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Up to you how much time you put into it...and of course personal skills come into play. Son's mate has NO skills at all for this project...he paid for everything. Turbo price for a start was cheaper and for stuff we could not do in house we contacted local tradies for cash jobs☺

Matie kept track of all costs and reckons he saved a grand and much more on the combined costs of buying a kit snorkle and turbo.

But yes he has time on his hands atm...thanks to Covid. If you don't or can't then just go the KLR..it will do the job as others have said.

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Originally Posted by Zcoota

I guess how much is way cheaper ? How much did he save and how experienced is your son's mate with diesels.

So far from what I can see I'm looking at about a grand premium to buy the KLR kit but for that get a kit in a box and minimise my time off the road and can tap into their experience for a bit of support. I'm confident with petrol engines but turbo diesels are a whole new game for me and I don't really want to lunch the motor. Equally that's a grand of overtime I'll have to work up.....

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I spent about $1350 doing my turbo, all parts brand new. Isuzu manifold amd td04hl-19t turbo, all that stuff bolts on, the same, if not easier than the klr kit. You still have to make a dump pipe same as klr kit, the only thing extra that i know of you have to do is make the oil drain, which is relatively easy.
Mine was run up on the dyno against a klr one, both similar tunes (mine was starving for fuel, kinked pipe) i made 6.6kw at the wheels more.

No knocking the klr kit, i think it all comes down the skill level for which way you want to go.

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Originally Posted by Vern

I spent about $1350 doing my turbo, all parts brand new. Isuzu manifold amd td04hl-19t turbo, all that stuff bolts on, the same, if not easier than the klr kit. You still have to make a dump pipe same as klr kit, the only thing extra that i know of you have to do is make the oil drain, which is relatively easy.

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1350, nice going!

And an intake/crossover pipe.

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Originally Posted by asmit

1350, nice going!

And an intake/crossover pipe.

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I ended up fitting an intercooler as there was no way to do a crossover in a rangie without a bonnet scoop.